Improvement in the methods of adjusting circular saws



S; W. CLEMMENS. Methods of Adjusting Circular-Saws.

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SANFORD W. GLEMMENS, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN THE METHODS OF ADJUSTING CIRCULAR SAWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 139.544, dated June 3,1873; application filed March 22, 1873.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SANFORD W. CLEM- MENs, of Cleveland, in the countyof Guyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new Improvement in theMethod of Adjusting (lircnlar Saws, of which the following is aspecification:

I propose to have a loose collar or disk between the saw and the fastcollar, with adjusting'screws screwing through the fast collar againstor into the loose collar to adjust the saw true in case the fast collaris not exactly true, which it often is not, or in case the saw itself isnot ground true, which sometimes happens.

Figure l. is a side elevationuof the saw, and the fast collar, andsection of the mandrel; and Fig.2 is a section of Fig.1 on the lineSimilar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

, A is the saw; B, the mandrel; O, the fast collar; 1), the ordina ydetachable collar; and E the binding-nut. The fast collar, beingturnedup in the lathe when the mandrel runs on the lltln-centers, often doesnot run true when the mandrel runs in the boxes, because, owing to thespringing of the mandrel when the journals are turned, or beinga littleloose on the centers, the journals and centers are not always true,consequently the saw will Wabble. It also sometimes wabbles inconsequence of being not quite true itseltl. The common way of remedyingthis is to pack thin pieces of paper between the saw and fast collar,but

0, with adjusting-screws G screwing through collar (J against the sideof collar F, or into sockets in it by which I can quickly and easilyadjust the saw true. I pref r in this arrangement to have the dowel-pinsH of the saw pass through this adjusting-collar into the fast collar;but this is not essential, par

ticularly if the adj usting-screws enter sockets in the loose collar.

I. am aware of the patent granted to F. H. Keeney, dated July 31, 1855,and desire to disclaim everything therein shown and described.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-- The loose collar F, adjustable by a series of screwspassing through a fixed collar, 0, and the nut-binding device D E,combined with an end-threaded mandrel, B, as described, so that the sawmay be made to work true, and prevented from wabbling, in the mannersetforth.

SANFORD W. GLEMMENS. Witnesses:

GEO. W. WILsoN, GEo. TOWNSEND.

